Oxford Lieder in Birmingham - Lorena Paz Nieto & Sholto Kynoch
07 February 2020, 13:00 - 13:50
Lunchtime Recital
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TS
We are delighted to begin a new partnership with the University of Birmingham and Barber Lunchtime Concerts, presenting exceptional young singers and including works by leading contemporary composers, in the wonderful concert hall of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
The prize-winning Spanish soprano Lorena Paz Nieto is a former Oxford Lieder Young Artist. Together with pianist Sholto Kynoch, she performs Judith Weir’s Spanish Liederbooklet as well as a selection of Spanish songs, including works by Granados and Rodrigo.
Free admission.
For more information about this event, please visit The Barber Institute of Fine Arts website.
Pre-concert talk 12–12.30pm
Listening to Song
Katy Hamilton offers encouragement and advice to those who perhaps feel that song recitals are not for them, and giving further insight to those who already enjoy the genre.
Programme
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Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)
Amor y odio - El majo tímido
- El majo discreto
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Mato Hermida (1914 - 1994)
Lela -
Frederic Mompou (1893 - 1987)
Aureana do Sil Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
Cuatro madrigales amatorios
Judith Weir (b. 1954)
A Spanish Liederbooklet
Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
Siete canciones populares Españolas
- 1. El paño moruno
- 2. Seguidilla murciana
- 3. Asturiana
- 4. Jota
- 5. Nana
- 6. Canción
- 7. Polo
Lorena Paz Nieto
Lorena Paz Nieto
Soprano
Spanish soprano Lorena Paz Nieto is a previous winner of the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform, and the Ludmilla Andrews Russian Song Prize. Lorena’s operatic roles include Morgana in Handel's Alcina, Drusilla, Fortuna and Pallade in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, Amore in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria for the Grange Festival, Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Diane in Offenbach’s Orpheè aus Enfers, Pannochka in Rimsky-Korsakov’s May Night and Cis i... Read Full Biography
Sholto Kynoch